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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]If it is to destroy Hamas, then it should allow livable conditions in Gaza and wait for Hamas to fail on its own. Hamas is an Islamic extremist organization. Islamic extremism thrives under some particular conditions- foreign intervention, war, harsh living conditions, a sense of persecution. You can't just kill off Islamic extremists, because as long as there are angry young men to take the place of the angry young men you've killed, they will continue. It's not very effective at governing. So if they are under peaceful conditions where they just fail at governing, they will eventually lose popularity. It could take years, it could take months. Look at the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.

Peace is the only answer.

But I don't think Israel actually wants Hamas to fail. I think they want to use Hamas as an excuse to give absolutely no concessions to the Palestinians, forever.[/quote]

So you think Israel's response should be to sit and hope that, instead of using unfettered access to build stronger, deadlier weapons and use them against Israel, Gaza's response to the improved living conditions gained in response to Hamas' aggression is to turn around and kick out Hamas?  That Gazans are able to overcome a sense of persecutions and the effects of decades of war and harsh living conditions before Hamas can build and launch those weapons?  And that they should sit quietly under a barrage of rockets (at best) for a generation or two until that happens?  I don't think that's realistic.[/quote]

I don't think it's realistic to expect that blasting an occupied territory until they cry uncle is going to lead to security.  Israel is working very hard to build a generation of Gazans who despise Israel.  Is that going to lead to safety?  The only true way for Israel to have "security" is to literally kill everyone in Gaza.  I also think it's unrealistic to believe that basic concessions will lead to Hamas having a military capacity that will compete with Israel, one of the most powerful militaries in the world.  Israel helped create this situation, and now has to put the safety of its people at risk in order to move forward.  Too bad, but that's the situation it created.[/quote]

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